2000 / XP Tweaking Tips and Tricks
This page contains a collection of tweaking tips & tricks, articles and how-to guides, all related to Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
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Adding the Administrative Tools icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003
Add a Command Prompt option to the default Explorer right click context menu
Add the Printers and Fax icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003
Add the Scanners and Cameras icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003
Add the Scheduled Tasks icon to the desktop in Windows XP/2003
Add spell-check text w/in Internet Explorer
Add the Administrator’s account to the Welcome Screen in Windows XP
Add volume control in Windows XP
Allow More Than 2 Simultaneous Downloads in IE 6
Automatic Completion with a Command Prompt in Windows 2000/XP/2003
Bypass the Welcome Screen in Windows XP
Bypass Windows Genuine Advantage
Change BSOD Color
Change the mouse’s wheel scroll rate
Change or Add OEM Logo & Information on My Computer
Change My Microsoft Passport Password
Change the Default NumLock Key State
Change the Serial In Windows XP
Change the Timeout for Hanged Applications in Windows XP
Change to “No Sounds” Sounds Scheme by Default
Close Many Applications At Once
Configure Auto-Starting Applications
Configure USB Disks to be Read-Only in Windows XP SP2
Configuring Auto-Logon
Copy User Profiles in Windows XP
Customize the Command Prompt in Windows XP/2000/2003
Customize the Places Bar in Office XP
Delay Services When Windows Starts
Deleting the Internet Explorer Address Bar History
Delete Temporary Internet Files
Delete Recycle Bin Icon From the Desktop in Windows XP/2003
Disable Administrative Shares
Disable Automatic Update in Windows XP & Windows Server 2003
Disable the Balloon Tips in Windows XP
Disable the Desktop Cleanup Wizard
Disable Error Reporting in Windows XP / Server 2003
Disable Fast User Switching in Windows XP Pro
Disable Program Highlighting in Windows XP
Disable Windows XP MSN Passport Registration Nagging
Disable Shutdown Event Tracker In Windows 2003
Disable System Restore in Windows XP
Download the Windows 2000 Resource Kit tools
Enable MP3 File Transfer In Windows Live Messenger
Enable Remote Assistance in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003
Faster Access to XP System Tools
Free Tweaking Tools
HowTo: Bypass Zune’s DRM
HowTo: Login To An Expired Windows XP
HowTo: Make An XP Install CD with Every Patch Since SP2
HowTo: Surf the Web, Even if Internet Explorer Is Disabled
Ipod Errors and Freezes and How To Fix Them
Increase My Broadband Connection Speed In Windows XP/2003
Increase Hard Disk Speed in Windows XP/2003
Increase Internet Connection Speed In Windows XP
Junk E-mail Reporting Tool for MSFT Office Outlook 2003/2007
Make Windows XP Boot Faster
Microsoft PowerToys Suite
MP3 File Transfer Through Windows Live Messenger
Protect Your MacBook: iSight Pics of Failed Logins
Transfer files and settings to a new PC
What’s Shutdown Event Tracker On Windows Server 2003?
What’s Windows Clear Type Fonts?
What’s DNS Filtering?
